By A Correspondent| According to former Sunday Mail editor, Edmund Kudzayi, a former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe official Norman Mataruka has succumbed to Covid-19 earlier this morning.

As he deteriorated, RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya tried to get him admitted at Parirenyatwa hospital but doctors said the medical facility was so poorly equipped he was better off staying at home.

Mataruka leaves behind a wife and two daughters.

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